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Re: Birding terminology
- To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
- Subject: Re: Birding terminology
- From: "Tim Lewis" <tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us>
- Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:53:40 -0500
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Kenn Kaufman describes his reasons for using the term in Kingbird
Highway. We needed a verb to better describe what we do. "Watching"
sounds like a passive process and few of us are passive in this
endeavor.
Tim Lewis
Weaverville, NC
tlewis@buncombe.main.nc.us
> I started out as a birdwatcher forty-odd years ago. Somewhere along
the way
> I was graduated to being a "birder" doing "birding" instead of
> "birdwatching." Does anyone remember just when this mass
matriculation took
> place? Or how? Or why?
>
> Cheers!
> Tomm "tetch'd bah fahr" Lorenzin
> Mooresville (Lake Norman), NC
> SkyTomm(at)1000plus.com
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu
> > [mailto:carolinabirds-owner@acpub.duke.edu] On Behalf Of
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> > Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 02:00
> > To: carolinabirds@duke.edu
> > Subject: Re: swoops of martins
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> >
> >
> > My personal favorite is the charm of finches. Also
> > interesting is, a flock is only a "flock" when the birds are
> > on the ground. When they're on the wing, they're a "flight."
> > Who knew birding could be so particular and refined!
> >
> > Randy Scheiner
> >